Agni Purana — Chapter 143

AgP 143.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे युद्धजयार्णवे मन्त्रौषधादिर्नाम हि चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१४३} :श् अथ त्रिचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः कुब्जिकापूजा ईश्वर उवाच कुब्जिकाक्रमपूजाञ्च(१) वक्ष्ये सर्वार्थसाधनीं यया जिताः सुरा देवैः शस्त्राद्यैर् आज्यसंयुतैः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yuddhajayārṇave mantrauṣadhādirnāma hi catvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {143} :ś atha tricatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ kubjikāpūjā īśvara uvāca kubjikākramapūjāñca(1) vakṣye sarvārthasādhanīṃ yayā jitāḥ surā devaiḥ śastrādyair ājyasaṃyutaiḥ

Thus in the glorious Agni Mahāpurāṇa, in the Ocean of Victory in Battle, the one hundred and fortieth chapter, called "Mantras, Herbs and the Rest." Chapter 143. Now the one hundred and forty-third chapter: the worship of Kubjikā. The Lord said: I shall declare the sequential worship of Kubjikā, which accomplishes every aim, by which the gods conquered the (rival) gods with weapons and the rest joined with ghee.

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AgP 143.2

:न् १ कुब्जिकाचक्रपूजाच्चेति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् ९५ मायाबीजं च गुह्याङ्गे षट्कमस्त्रं करे न्यसेत् काली कालीति हृदयं दुष्टचाण्डालिका शिरः

:n 1 kubjikācakrapūjācceti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 95 māyābījaṃ ca guhyāṅge ṣaṭkamastraṃ kare nyaset kālī kālīti hṛdayaṃ duṣṭacāṇḍālikā śiraḥ

(Note 1: readings kha and cha have "kubjikācakrapūjāṃ ca.") And one should place the māyā seed-syllable on the secret organ, and the six-syllabled weapon-mantra on the hand. "Kālī kālī" is the heart(-mantra); "duṣṭacāṇḍālikā" is the head.

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AgP 143.3

ह्रौं स्फें ह स ख क छ ड ॐ कारो भैरवः शिखा भेलखी कवचं दूती नेत्राख्या रक्तचण्डिका

hrauṃ spheṃ ha sa kha ka cha ḍa oṃ kāro bhairavaḥ śikhā bhelakhī kavacaṃ dūtī netrākhyā raktacaṇḍikā

Hrauṃ spheṃ ha sa kha ka cha ḍa — the syllable oṃ, Bhairava, is the topknot; Bhelakhī is the armour; the messenger named "Eye" is Raktacaṇḍikā.

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AgP 143.4

ततो गुह्यक्रुञ्जिकास्त्रं मण्डले स्थानके यजेत् अग्नौ कूर्चशिरो रुद्रे नैरृत्ये ऽथ शिखानिले

tato guhyakruñjikāstraṃ maṇḍale sthānake yajet agnau kūrcaśiro rudre nairṛtye 'tha śikhānile

Then one should worship the secret Kruñjikā weapon-mantra in the maṇḍala at its station: the kūrca in the fire (south-east) quarter, the head in Rudra's (south-west?) — rather, in the south-west, and then the topknot in the wind (north-west) quarter.

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AgP 143.5

कवचम्मध्यतो नेत्रं अस्त्रन्दिक्षु च मण्डले द्वात्रिंशता कर्णिकायां स्र्ॐहसक्षमलनववषडसचात्ममन्त्रवीजकं

kavacammadhyato netraṃ astrandikṣu ca maṇḍale dvātriṃśatā karṇikāyāṃ sroṃhasakṣamalanavavaṣaḍasacātmamantravījakaṃ

The armour in the middle, the eye, and the weapon in the (intermediate) directions of the maṇḍala; with thirty-two (syllables) on the pericarp, the seed of the mantra of the self: sroṃ ha sa kṣa ma la va va vaṣaṭ a sa ca.

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AgP 143.6

ब्रह्माणी चैव माहेशो कौमारी वैष्णवी तथा वाराही चैव माहेन्द्री चामुण्डा चण्डिकेन्द्रकात्

brahmāṇī caiva māheśo kaumārī vaiṣṇavī tathā vārāhī caiva māhendrī cāmuṇḍā caṇḍikendrakāt

Brahmāṇī, and Māheśī, Kaumārī and Vaiṣṇavī, and Vārāhī, and Māhendrī, Cāmuṇḍā and Caṇḍikā — beginning from the centre (Indra's point).

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AgP 143.7

यजेद्रवलकसहान् शिवेन्दाग्नियमे ऽद्निपे जले तु कुसुममालामद्रिकाणां च पञ्चकं

yajedravalakasahān śivendāgniyame 'dnipe jale tu kusumamālāmadrikāṇāṃ ca pañcakaṃ

One should worship Ravalaka and Saha (?) at Śiva's (north-east), Indra's (east), Agni's (south-east) and Yama's (south) points, at the fire-lord's and in the water — and the five of the flower-garland and the Adrikās.

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AgP 143.8

जालन्धरं पूर्णगिरिं कामरूपं क्रमाद्यजेत् मरुदेशाग्निनैरृत्ये मध्ये वै वज्रकुब्जिकां

jālandharaṃ pūrṇagiriṃ kāmarūpaṃ kramādyajet marudeśāgninairṛtye madhye vai vajrakubjikāṃ

One should worship in order Jālandhara, Pūrṇagiri and Kāmarūpa in the wind (north-west), Marudeśa (?), the fire (south-east) and the south-west; and in the centre indeed Vajrakubjikā.

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AgP 143.9

अनादिविमलः पूज्यः सर्वज्ञविमलस्तुतः प्रसिद्धविमलश्चाथ संयोगविमलस्तुतः

anādivimalaḥ pūjyaḥ sarvajñavimalastutaḥ prasiddhavimalaścātha saṃyogavimalastutaḥ

Anādivimala is to be worshipped, Sarvajñavimala is praised, and Prasiddhavimala, and Saṃyogavimala is praised.

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AgP 143.10

समयाख्यो ऽथ विमल एतद्विमलपञ्चकं मरुदीशाननैरृत्ये वह्नौ चोत्तरशृङ्गके

samayākhyo 'tha vimala etadvimalapañcakaṃ marudīśānanairṛtye vahnau cottaraśṛṅgake

And then the one named Samaya-vimala: this is the set of five Vimalas — in the wind (north-west), the north-east, the south-west, in the fire (south-east), and on the northern peak.

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AgP 143.11

कुब्जार्थं खिंखिनी षष्ठा सोपन्ना सुस्थिरा तथा रत्नसुन्दरी चैशाने शृङ्गे चाष्टादिनाथकाः

kubjārthaṃ khiṃkhinī ṣaṣṭhā sopannā susthirā tathā ratnasundarī caiśāne śṛṅge cāṣṭādināthakāḥ

For the sake of Kubjā: Khiṃkhinī, Ṣaṣṭhā, Sopannā and Susthirā, and Ratnasundarī on the north-eastern peak; and the eight primordial Nāthas.

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AgP 143.12

मित्र ओडीशषष्ठ्याख्यौ वर्षा अग्न्यम्बुपे ऽनिले भवेद्गगनरत्नं स्याच्चाप्ये कवचरत्नकं

mitra oḍīśaṣaṣṭhyākhyau varṣā agnyambupe 'nile bhavedgaganaratnaṃ syāccāpye kavacaratnakaṃ

Mitra and the one named Oḍīśaṣaṣṭhī, and Varṣā, in the fire (south-east), the water-lord's (west) and the wind (north-west) quarter; the Sky-jewel would be (there), and in the water quarter the Armour-jewel.

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AgP 143.13

:प् ९६ ब्रुं मर्त्यः पञ्चनामाख्यो(१) मरुदीशानवह्निगः याम्याग्नेये पञ्चरत्नं ज्येष्ठा रौद्री तथान्तिका

:p 96 bruṃ martyaḥ pañcanāmākhyo(1) marudīśānavahnigaḥ yāmyāgneye pañcaratnaṃ jyeṣṭhā raudrī tathāntikā

Bruṃ: Martya, called the fivefold-named, is placed in the wind (north-west), the north-east and the fire (south-east); in the south and south-east the five jewels; Jyeṣṭhā, Raudrī, and Antikā.

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AgP 143.14

तिस्रो ह्य् आसां महावृद्धाः पञ्चप्रणवतो ऽखिलाः सप्तविंशत्यष्टविंशभेदात् सम्पूजनं द्विधा

tisro hy āsāṃ mahāvṛddhāḥ pañcapraṇavato 'khilāḥ saptaviṃśatyaṣṭaviṃśabhedāt sampūjanaṃ dvidhā

Three of these are the Great Elders; all of them (are worshipped) with the fivefold praṇava. By the division into twenty-seven and twenty-eight, the worship is twofold.

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AgP 143.15

ॐ ऐं गूं क्रमगणपतिं प्रणवं वटुकं यजेत् चतुरस्रे मण्डले च दक्षिणे गणपं यजेत्

oṃ aiṃ gūṃ kramagaṇapatiṃ praṇavaṃ vaṭukaṃ yajet caturasre maṇḍale ca dakṣiṇe gaṇapaṃ yajet

oṃ aiṃ gūṃ — one should worship the sequence-Gaṇapati, the praṇava, and Vaṭuka; and in the four-cornered maṇḍala one should worship Gaṇapa on the south.

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AgP 143.16

वामे च वटुकं कोणे गुरून् सोडशनाथकान् वायव्यादौ चाष्ट दश प्रतिषट्कोणके ततः

vāme ca vaṭukaṃ koṇe gurūn soḍaśanāthakān vāyavyādau cāṣṭa daśa pratiṣaṭkoṇake tataḥ

and Vaṭuka on the left; in the corner the gurus, the sixteen Nāthas; and beginning from the northwest, eight (and) ten, then at each of the six corners.

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AgP 143.17

ब्रह्माद्याश्चाष्ट परितस्तन्मध्ये च नवात्मकः कुब्जिका कुलटा चैव क्रमपूजा तु सर्वदा

brahmādyāścāṣṭa paritastanmadhye ca navātmakaḥ kubjikā kulaṭā caiva kramapūjā tu sarvadā

And the eight, Brahmā and the rest, all around; and in their midst the ninefold one, Kubjikā and Kulaṭā — such is the sequential worship, always.

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